Homebridge for RaspberryPi

Not a good app. Highly instable, lots of problems; spend more time debugging the app than try to use the app to debug HomeBridge... (Which this app doesn’t really seem to do, Solve errors just shows you the same thing as journalctl haha!) But the most ridiculous thing is the devs used Google Translate or something to offer other languages. It’s horrible and doesn’t make any sense most of the time.

The app is showing different languages. Also wrong bad translations.
The app crashed really often.
The CPU of pi shows always as 100% in this app which is not the real value on the pi.
Adding ‘preconfigured’ plugins installs very old and broken npm packages. So you still have to do everything manually on pi itself.

No connection with the pi. I also requested a plugin for TP link switch, no reply or whatsoever. No service for 8-10 euros, I regret buying this bundle!

De app ziet de PI en meldt dat deze in bedrijf is. De app ziet echter niet dat Homebridge in bedrijf is.
Ik heb de app heel even werkend gehad maar moest telkens de config.json file in pi/.homebridge/ aanpassen.
Hoewel de app veelbelovend leek kan ik nu alleen maar zeggen dat het zonde van mijn geld is. Ik hoop dat ik bij een volgende update deze recensie kan aanpassen.

Ondanks dat Homebridge werkt geeft de app aan dat dit niet zo is.
De app helpt je niet om de JSON-file op te maken nadat je een plug-in hebt geïnstalleerd.
Om Homebridge goed te laten werken heb je veel geduld nodig. Ik gebruik JSONLint.com om mijn JSON-file te controleren alvorens deze te plaatsen.

The latest update with the translation to Dutch is bad, it should be better that you van choose an language from the app.

After the latest update 3.01 i am losing often the connection in the app. Homebridge is still running on my pi.

Hey maybe this is helpful.
I the beginning I also had many problem with stability of the system, I find out that the json file displays different in the app than in a text program. So don’t create command lines with the app. To make everything stable, make/change a Homebridge json file in a good program, i use atom the program don’t make the file corrupt. Notepad or word is not useful for scripture. when you're done, use a ftp program like filezila to remove the original json file from your pi and put your creation of the json on the exact place back. Restart, and he runs perfect. Already have him running for 1 mouth. Without any problems I have 11 hue lights 1 Hue bridge 2.0 and a Homewizard (KAKU/LightwaveRF) (you must install the plugin from npmJS) 25 KAKU switches also dimmable for lighting and devices. 2 sensors (smartware and hue) a sunshade control (smartware/somfy) for my videoscreen up/down and on/off the beamer. And some remote controls for if you don’t have a phone with you. You also can ask Siri to turn things on or off everything works with voice control. For HomeKit hub features i use atv4. Hope I was helpful.
Btw important.......a lot of patients ;)

Looked like a rock solid app, but that’s a lie.
It broke my entire setup. Still figuring how to fix!
Maybe have to completely reinstall.
Support is great! The just don’t give any answers...

This app broke my whole homebridge it installed plugings and this gave me a lot of issues

Very easy to use. Biggest issue: Homebridge just disconnects over night and needs a hard reboot. I have two new raspberries both same issue. Also doesn't save the platforms and accessories. Guess something with the permissions, so doing it manually now. Btw, why no auto install with NPM library?